1 online resource (2 volumes (lxxxviii, 832 pages) :

""Janet Clarkson, a food historian and writer in Australia, has created a unique reference source that combines food with history. . . . Menus from History will be useful in both public and academic libraries for culinary students, historians, social scientists, and students doing reports."" - ARBAonline

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; List of Menus Chronologically; List of Menus by Country; List of Menus by Occasion; January 1 New Year's Day Meal, Kosseir, Egypt, 1828; January 2 Christening Feast, Cockley Cley, Norfolk, England, 1682; January 3 Luxurious Dinner for the King's Officers, Boston; January 4 Second Annual Dinner of the Toronto Board of Trade, Horticultural Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, 1899; January 5 Household of the Marquess of Tweeddale Yester House, Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland, 1817

January 6 Twelfth Day Dinner and Supper in a Tudor Household Ingatestone Hall, Essex, England, 1552No name; January 8 Jackson Day Dinner, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC, 1936; January 9 Gentleman's Dinner, Ockenden House, Cuckfield, England; 1708; January 12 Meals at Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire, England, 1920 26; 10; 21

""Janet Clarkson, a food historian and writer in Australia, has created a unique reference source that combines food with history. . . . Menus from History will be useful in both public and academic libraries for culinary students, historians, social scientists, and students doing reports."" - ARBAonline

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